922-111 LaTrobe-Greek Beginners 2B

Special enrolment arrangements apply. Students must contact the Faculty of Arts Office for application forms and further details.

922-110 LaTrobe-Greek Beginners 2A or equivalent.

In this subject students should learn to talk and write in Greek about a wide range of aspects of modern Greek culture and society in an informed and coherent manner, and to interpret short literary texts. Vocabulary and knowledge of grammar is systematically extended in the course of these readings and discussions. Linguistic skills will also be extended through projects developed and reported on in class, and involving interaction with the local Greek community.

• have enhanced their oral-aural and literacy skills in standard Modern Greek and their capacity to function in communities whose culture is encoded in this language, whether in Australia or overseas;

• have acquired the essential cultural knowledge required for effective communication, the linguistic means to explore Modern Greek culture, and an appropriate understanding of the structure of the language;

• be trained to communicate in a different linguistic and cultural code which should enhance their mental agility and their awareness of cultural diversity.

Regular assignments and class exercises of 1000 words 20%, a 500-word essay in Greek 10% (due mid-semester), a 500-word essay in Greek 10% (due at the end of semester), a 1-hour written test 15% (due mid-semester), a 1-hour written test 25% (due at the end of semester), a 10-minute oral/aural test 10% (due mid-semester) and a 10-minute oral/aural test 10% (due at the end of semester).

Materials prepared by the department.

• D Demetra and D Papacheimona, Greek Now 2#2. Nostos 1992.
• D Stavropoulos and A Hornby, Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1982.
• D Stavropoulos, Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1988.